IIRC, the last time they tried an iron man was in a semi-final match in a WHC tournament featuring Jeff Hardy vs Kurt Angle (keep in mind this tournament was for the title that RVD vacated due to injury, but would not be awarded again until the same PPV in which RVD returned from injury).
If I have this right, the match went 30 minutes to a time limit draw, at which point they were given FIVE MORE MINUTES which also ended in a draw, so they were given FIVE MORE MINUTES AGAIN and that ended in a draw, so they just called it a draw and ended the PPV.
Then they had another one-fall match that also ended in a draw (or no-contest maybe) so they just said **** it and made the eventual tournament finals a triple threat with Angle, Hardy, and Anderson (who legit won his semifinal match).
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